Overview
- Vice President Edman Lara confirmed the detention in a TikTok video, praised police, pledged to recover public money, and said "death to the corrupt."
- Investigators are examining suspected diversion of resources from a development fund for Indigenous communities during the Morales era when Arce oversaw public finances.
- The specialized police unit FELCC is handling the case, and state broadcaster Bolivia TV reported Arce was giving a statement as ombudsman staff accompanied him.
- Officials and prosecutor’s office sources cited potential counts that include dereliction of duty and economic or financial misconduct.
- Arce’s allies, including former minister María Nela Prada, denounced the move as political persecution as the new administration widens audits and related arrests.